Fedek Lapak climbs onto the mound, performing pitching motions — Park Jin-man is also surprised: "Never seen a foreign pitcher act like this before; shows how eager he is."

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Samsung Lions manager Park Jin-man could not hide his pleased surprise at the unusual "impulsive action" of new foreign pitcher Chris Fedek (30). He referred to Fedek climbing onto the mound after the game on the 16th to perform shadow pitching and go through pitching motions.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the Lotte Giants game to be held at DaeguSamsung Lions Park on the 18th, manager Park Jin-man said about the situation when Fedek climbed onto the mound: "There was a club event at that time, so it was a waiting period. I also saw him go up and check the mound himself. I think this is the first time I've seen such behavior from a foreign player." He smiled. The manager seemed deeply impressed by Fedek's proactive attitude and passion to personally step on the home field's mound and adapt.

In fact, even before making his official KBO League debut, Fedek has already been heating up DaeguSamsung Lions Park. Just his presence standing on the mound was enough to excite fans.

As manager Park stated, immediately after the Lotte Giants game on the 16th ended, Fedek climbed onto the mound at their home stadium, DaeguSamsung Lions Park, and lightly performed pitching motions to begin adapting. Although it was merely shadow pitching and a mound check, all eyes of Samsung fans who visited the stadium were focused entirely on him, even after the team's victory. Fans could not hide their intense expectations, cheering for every one of his pitching motions.

His physical condition is also passing with flying colors. Ahead of the Lotte game on the 16th, Fedek completed a total of 22 pitches in bullpen sessions to finalize his final conditioning. During this second bullpen session since the 13th, he used various pitches evenly and lightly checked his condition.

Manager Park Jin-man also stated that although he initially set the pitch count at around 90 for the day, everything would be done according to Fedek's wishes. First, veteran catcher Kang Min-ho (41) will wear the starting catcher's mask. Manager Park added: "I plan to check each player's own intentions and condition during the game. Even if rain falls in the middle, I will confirm whether Fedek has fully warmed up before deciding whether to resume pitching." Won Tae-in, who started on the 17th, is scheduled to appear in the Lotte game on the 19th.

Meanwhile, Samsung lined up its starting lineup against Lotte's starter Na Gyun-an as follows: Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Kim Sung-yoon (right fielder), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Diaz (first baseman), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Kang Min-ho (catcher), and Yang Woo-hyun (shortstop).

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